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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Top 10 Jon Pertwee Stories

Now we turn our attention to the Top 10 3rd Doctor stories played by Jon Pertwee. His Doctor was the first one to have his shows filmed in color and plus a majority of his stories were Earth bound as the 3rd Doctor was exiled on Earth. So here we have what I believe are the ten best Jon Pertwee stories.

10. Death to the DaleksWritten By Terry NationDirected By Michael BriantWhy It’s In The Top 10:

Well why indeed is it in
my top 10? Well it is a guilty pleasure
of mine. It’s not a bad story on a whole
but it does have its moments of face palm.
One example for instance when the Exillions capture Sarah Jane. Oh well
the Exillions are a tad comical. Plus it
has Daleks in it and was written by Terry Nation and has a really good mystery
and puzzle in the city and watching The Doctor figure it out is really cool to
watch. It’s also funny seeing The Daleks
using guns that fire bullets instead of their usual ray guns.

9. The Claws of AxosWritten By Bob Baker &
Dave MartinDirected By Michael
FergusonWhy It’s In The Top 10:

A classic Master story
that sees him teaming up or actually being the prisoners of The Axons. It is your classic Doctor Who monster from
space invasion story with UNIT defending the Earth at a power plant. It is also a time we see The Doctor turn his
back on his friends and considers leaving earth to travel with the Master or
does he. Like I said The Claws of Axos
is a classic Doctor Who monster invasion story with a few twists added in.

8. The Time WarriorWritten By Robert HolmesDirected By Alan BromlyWhy It’s In The Top 10:

It is the story of many
firsts. We have the first appearance of
the Sontarans. The war like race makes a
pretty good debut as Linx steals scientists from the future to help repair his
ship that has crashed during the middle ages.
The Time Warrior is also the first time Gallifrey is mentioned as the
name of The Doctor’s home world. But
more importantly The Time Warrior is the first story for Sarah Jane Smith
played brilliantly by Elisabeth Sladen.
She makes her debut and captures the hearts of many classic Doctor Who
fans but her first impression isn’t one of good intentions at first.

7. Terror of the AutonsWritten By Robert HolmesDirected By Barry LettsWhy It’s In The Top 10:

Terror of the Autons is
the first appearance, of many, for The Master.
The Master arrives on Earth to terrorize The Doctor and try and take
over it. Roger Delgado first appearance
is such a strong story as Robert Holmes pens another classic as he brings back
the Autons for another go of invading Earth and the universe. Roger Delgado is excellent in Terror of the
Autons and you get a hint at how great he was as The Master in Terror of the
Autons.

6. Day of the DaleksWritten By Louis MarksDirected By Paul BernardWhy It’s In The Top 10:

Day of the Daleks is a
pretty cool and different type of Dalek story.
The Daleks have invaded Earth in the future and a band of rebels travel
back in time to prevent it from happening.
The cool thing is that the rebels are the cause for the Daleks invading
and have created a paradox. This is a
pretty cool story as we see the Brigadier and UNIT battling the Daleks in a
pretty good gun fight.

5. Frontier In SpaceWritten By Malcolm HulkeDirected By Paul BernardWhy It’s In The Top 10:

The last time Roger
Delgado plays The Master and sadly it is one of his best performances during
his tenure. It is also the story that
has Jon Pertwee’s favorite monster the Draconians. He likes them because you can see the eyes
and their mouth moves and you can see the features in the face. It also has a pretty good surprise twist as
the Daleks make an appearance in the concluding episode. Frontier in Space is a really strong story of
cat and mouse and one of the best of the Third Doctor’s era.

4. Spearhead From SpaceWritten By Robert HolmesDirected By Derek MartinusWhy It’s In The Top 10:

The first appearance of
the Third Doctor is one that is well write and fun to enjoy. The Autons make their first appearance and
are a formidable foe for the new Doctor as the try to take over the Earth by
building an army out of plastic. The
Nestenes are using a plastic factory as a base and have made duplicates of
government officials. Spearhead from
Space also ushers in a new era for Doctor Who as The Doctor begins his exile on
Earth and has adventures protecting the Earth with UNIT and works as the
Brigadiers scientific advisor.

3. The Three DoctorsWritten By Bob Baker and
Dave MartinDirected By Lennie MayneWhy It’s In The Top 10:

It’s the first multi
Doctor story and the Tenth anniversary special.
The Three Doctors is a great celebration story and you get great moments
watching Doctors Two and Three bickering and working together. It is also the first appearance of Omega and
we learn more about Time Lord history and how they achieved time travel. It’s
just an all-around great story and one that still holds up well today.

2. The Mind of EvilWritten By Don HoughtonDirected By Timothy CombeWhy It’s In The Top 10:

The Mind of Evil is a
story that I can see happen if it was made today. The themes and situations that are in it seem
perfect for today’s world. The Chinese
and US as the two main powers trying to come up with an agreement to avoid war
is not that unbelievable. The hijacking
of a missile that has chemical or nuclear capabilities is truly believable
especially with all the terrorist threats in the world. Plus The Master is in it as Roger Delgado
gives us another wonderful performance.

1. The Daemons Written By Guy LeopoldDirected By Christopher
BarryWhy It’s In The Top 10:

The Daemons is the
ultimate UNIT and Master story. It’s an
all-around great story with everyone in the UNIT family playing an integral
part. You have The Master using black
magic and witch craft to try and gain knowledge and power from the alien
Azal. The story is fun to watch and
really well written. I just love how all
the aspects they put into it came together and worked. Best part was seeing The
Master getting captured by The Doctor and UNIT and the look of defeat on The
Masters face tells it all. Jon Pertwee
is exceptional in The Daemons and I believe he gives us his best performance as
The Doctor. The Daemons is clearly the
best story and one of the best all time in Doctors Who’s history as it is just
one of those stories that they got right.

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